Dickens

See also: dickens

English

Etymology

From Dicken, a medieval diminutive form of Dick + the patronymic suffix -s.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɪkɪnz/

• Audio (General American):

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Proper noun

Dickens

1. A surname originating as a patronymic, notably borne by Charles Dickens, English novelist.
2. A small city, the county seat of Dickens County, Texas, United States.

Derived terms

• Dickens County
• Dickens Heath
• Dickensian

Translations

Transliterations of the surname

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 狄更斯 (zh) (Dígèngsī)

• Japanese: ディケンズ (Dikenzu)
• Marathi: डिकेन्स (ḍikensa)
• Polish: Dickens m
• Russian: Ди́ккенс (ru) (Díkkens)

Further reading

• “Dickens”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “Dickens”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
• “Dickens”, in Collins English Dictionary, 2011–present.
• “Dickens”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

Anagrams

• snicked

Polish

Etymology

Etymology tree

English Dickensbor.

Polish Dickens

Borrowed from English Dickens.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdi.kɛns/
• Rhymes: -ikɛns
• Syllabification: Di‧ckens

Proper noun

Dickens m pers

1. Charles Dickens

Declension

Declension of Dickens

	singular
nominative	Dickens
genitive	Dickensa
dative	Dickensowi
accusative	Dickensa
instrumental	Dickensem
locative	Dickensie
vocative	Dickensie

Further reading

• “Dickens”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[1] (in Polish)